Liu Cang prepared the reagent, looked up and around, and was surprised to find that there was no surveillance camera here!
It really is just a second-rate little amusement park, he thought disdainfully, let him teach that pretty boy principal a lesson!
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he tilted the container in his hand and the ominous-colored potion inside poured out.
This was not enough, he also deliberately poured the potion into the small pool in the middle, apparently wanting to catch all the flowers and plants in the scene at once.
But he couldn't see that when he did this, a big butterfly was flying above his head, and the fairy boy riding on the butterfly was holding a smart phone as tall as him.
Gu Wang guessed what he was going to do the moment he entered the plant scene. He asked the three little guys to pay attention to his movements and gave his mobile phone to the Fairy Boy Riding Butterfly so that he could record the video at any time.
Just as Liu Cang was feeling smug, thinking he had accomplished his mission without anyone noticing, a clear voice suddenly rang out, "What are you doing?"
Liu Cang was suddenly startled. "Huh? What are you doing? I was...looking at the flowers and plants!"
Gu Wang looked at him with a half-smile. "Really? I thought you didn't care to look at the plants here."
Liu Cang's eyes rolled, and he gradually calmed down. "I was wrong before. I just thought an amusement park couldn't have any rare plants. I didn't expect you to cultivate so many endangered flowers and plants here. I apologize."
I cursed in my heart, you idiot, what's the use of having so many precious flowers and plants, they will all die soon, let's see if you can laugh!
Gu Wang stared at him for a while, until he felt uneasy, and then he said, "Really? I thought you were doing something shameful here."
Liu Cang snorted coldly, "What shameful things are you talking about? If you want to say something, then produce evidence and don't slander me!"
Gu Wang smiled, took out his cell phone and clicked on the video, which showed Liu Cang preparing the potion and sprinkling it on the flowers and plants.
Liu Cang's face darkened. How could it be possible? He had just watched it, and this person was clearly not there, so how could there be a video?!
The argument between the two quickly attracted the attention of others. Teachers and students hurried over and asked, "What happened?"
Liu Cang rolled his eyes and turned the tables, "Teacher! I just saw a fox heart grass plant wasn't growing well, so I kindly watered it with some growing potion. He thought I was doing something bad and recorded it."
"That's right." The teacher breathed a sigh of relief and said to Gu Wang, "Director Gu, you really misunderstood. The cultivation solution that the students brought with them is a special formula of our botanical garden. It can promote plant growth and help them adapt to the environment. It has no harmful effects."
Gu Wang nodded, "The culture medium you used might be true, but the medicine he used just now is different."
As he spoke, he reached in again and pulled out a medicine bottle.
When Liu Cang saw the bottle of medicine, his face turned pale and he subconsciously reached into his bag.
No matter how stupid he was, he wouldn't leave such obvious evidence at the scene! He remembered that he had just poured the potion and put the bottle back into his bag. How did it end up in Gu Wang's hands?
Gu Wang didn't even look at him. He just smiled and said to the two teachers, "I'm an outsider. Please take a look at what this potion does."
The teachers' expressions became serious. They took the bottles and took turns checking them.
After a moment, one of the teachers said with a grim expression, "This is a mixture of four common potions. Although I've never seen anyone do this, judging from the efficacy, the effect of mixing these four potions..."
"It can cause most plants to wither from the root system until the entire plant dies!"
Moreover, the time of death will be delayed to a month later, and by then Liu Cang will not be found at all!
The other students who were watching gasped when they heard this!
They didn't expect that the classmate they spent every day with could have such a cruel mind!
On ordinary days, if someone pulls out one or two flowers and plants, it's nothing, and no one will pay attention, but where is this place? Are the flowers and plants here ordinary flowers and plants?
There are five or six critically endangered plants and more than a dozen endangered species here! It can be said that this small garden is a treasure trove for the entire academic community!
However, Liu Cang actually destroyed such a place?
Not to mention that they are students majoring in botany, even ordinary people would find this behavior unreasonable!
Several students quietly moved away from Liu Cang. Who knew what this man would do?
The teacher sighed and bowed deeply to Gu Wang. "I'm very sorry. I didn't expect him to do such a thing. We will give you a satisfactory answer. Someone from the botanical garden will come to discuss the relevant compensation matters with you."
Although it was Liu Cang who did this, they were on a business trip after all, so the compensation would naturally be paid by the botanical garden. As for whether to seek compensation from Liu Cang later...
Liu Cang was getting anxious. He shouted, "Teacher! Teacher, I didn't mean to do that. I'm just so angry! Even a provincial botanical garden like ours can't get so many rare plants. How did he get them at an amusement park? He doesn't even have the qualifications! Maybe they were picked from the wild!"
"Teacher, please call the police and have them arrest him!"
Gu Wang turned around in surprise and looked at Liu Cang. This man was quite quick-witted.
The teacher's face was filled with disappointment. He calmly said to Liu Cang, "The academic community has sent so many scientific expeditions, but they haven't been able to find so many rare plants. Where did he collect them from the wild? Even if he did, why didn't he secretly sell them for money? Instead, he left them in the garden for people to admire?"
Liu Cang choked and stammered, "Maybe, maybe he's just lucky..."
The teacher shook her head. "You were wrong in this matter, yet you're trying to shirk responsibility. From now on, you should leave the botanical garden. I can't be your teacher!"
Liu Cang was shocked, "Teacher!" What would he do if he left the botanical garden? What would happen to his image as a genius botanist?
Gu Wang shook his head. The teacher had done his best. Leaving the botanical garden "after this time" meant that the teacher had left the matter to the incompetent student.
However, Gu Wang didn't want to let Liu Cang off like this, as this was not the only evil thing this man had done.
So, he shook his head slightly and said, "Old sir, you want to settle this matter privately, but I don't want to."
The teacher was stunned for a moment, then apologized, "I know that you must be a plant lover to be able to cultivate so many rare plants. Liu Cang's actions were indeed excessive. After this incident, I will expel him from the school. But this time, I hope you will show mercy and let him go. I will discuss the compensation with the garden and will definitely give you a satisfactory price..."
Gu Wang sighed. Here, an elderly man in his fifties was bowing and apologizing for a useless student, while the student over there was blinded by greed.
The other students couldn't bear to watch and advised, "Teacher, let Liu Cang take the consequences of what he did. He's an adult, and you're not his parent!"
"Exactly. How could he have the heart to kill all these rare plants in the yard? Let's teach him a lesson!"
However, the teacher shook his head slightly, signaling the students not to say more. He said that he had not taught the students well. The students were responsible, so did he not have any responsibility?
Gu Wang said, "Old sir, I told you that you can't bear this responsibility, and you just can't bear it. If you don't believe me, look here."
He reached out and pushed aside the bushes where Liu Cang had been hiding.
Inside the bushes, there is a small space where several special plants are planted.
As soon as the plants appeared, the teacher's breathing suddenly became rapid, his blood pressure soared, and his tongue became tied. "This, this, this... this is..."
Another teacher took two eager steps forward and accidentally fell to the ground. He didn't have time to get up. He fell to the side of the bushes and looked carefully. As if afraid of disturbing something, he whispered, "It's Tianming... Tianming... and Shuyin..."
At the end of his speech, there was only a slight breath and a sob.
Tianming and Shuiyin are plants unique to China. Unfortunately, they were declared extinct more than 20 years ago.
Due to environmental changes and the pollution of the growing environment, this land is no longer suitable for their survival.
But now, they are growing alive in the ground and appearing before their eyes.
For any scholar deeply involved in botany, this seems like a dream from which one is reluctant to wake up.
The teacher took a deep breath, feeling both excited about discovering an extinct plant and regretful about his student. He understood better than anyone that this time, he really couldn't save this student.
The impact of a botany student intentionally harming an endangered plant is completely different from the impact of harming a plant that has been declared extinct but has reappeared.
The former would just mean losing money and going to jail for a few years, but the latter... would probably be boycotted by the entire botanical community, and not just in this field, but any related field would probably not survive.
To make an analogy, if a person harms a giant panda, he will naturally go to jail and be sentenced to the number of years he deserves.
But if he harmed a living dinosaur that suddenly came back to life... he would probably be stoned to death by zoologists.
When Liu Cang saw those Tianming and Shuiyin plants, he felt that something was wrong. However, he did not expect that the teacher who had just wanted to protect him would look at him and say, "Call the police."
Call the police? No, you can't call the police! Liu Cang's face was grim. If he called the police, everything he did would be discovered! No...
However, no one cared about his thoughts, and Gu Wang followed suit and called the police.
The police arrived quickly, and as they took Liu Cang away, he was still shouting, "Teacher! I was wrong, teacher! But I was doing this for our botanical garden, not for myself! Teacher! Are you going to just sit there and watch him take away our hosting rights?"
However, no one paid attention to his cries and he was directly stuffed into the police car.
When Liu Cang was taken away, his teacher seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. He had taught many students in his life, some were stupid, some were smart; some were lazy, some were diligent; some were promising, some were just average. However, before this, he had never taught a single student who ended up in prison...
Back then, Liu Cang had also been admitted to his school with high scores. He was a very smart young man. How could he have ended up like this?
Several students noticed that their teacher was depressed, but they didn't know how to comfort him.
Then I heard Gu Wang say: "Don't be sad, it's not the first time he has done this, just get used to it."
The teacher was startled. "W-What? Not the first time?"
Gu Wang was right. No matter what evil intentions Liu Cang had outside, he had no say once he got inside.
The police have seen many people like him, and it will take them only a few days to find out everything he has done.
Only then did the people in the botanical garden, including his teachers and classmates, realize how many immoral things he had done in the past.
This wasn't the first time he'd poisoned precious plants. He'd even poisoned rare plants before and then put the blame on his competitors. He'd even steal plants from the garden and sell them!
Not to mention selling the botanical garden's unique cultivation medium to some wild-collecting gangs, and then exchanging it for wild-collected plants from them.
As for his desire to shine at the botanical expo and market his image as a genius botanist, that is nothing. After all, it is not a crime.
A few months later, Liu Cang went to court and was sentenced to more than ten years in prison for multiple crimes.
Now, he doesn't have to worry about how he will survive in the botanical community, and he can directly get a job in the government.
Back to the present, this visit caused such a big incident that the botanical garden naturally has no face to stay.
They quickly said their goodbyes, and the teacher said, "It's a great honor for us to have this botanical expo held in your garden. I hope Director Gu will be generous and allow us to see more of these rare plants."
Especially the two Tianming and Shuyin plants!
Gu Wang smiled and said, "Sure."
But I knew in my heart that the venue for the botanical expo had been secured.
Sure enough, a few days later, people from the organizers and the botanical garden arrived.
The organizer was discussing the plant expo with Gu Wang, and the people from the botanical garden took the initiative to deliver the compensation.
As mentioned before, Liu Cang was indeed sent here on a government mission, and the botanical garden should bear the responsibility for the losses he caused. Of course, the botanical garden will also seek compensation from Liu Cang. So, can't pay? Then serve a few more years in prison to prevent him from harming others again.
Gu Wang originally didn't want compensation, he just wanted the botanical garden to provide him with some experience in organizing events. After all, with Xiao Huapo and the Butterfly Riding Boy around, Liu Cang's potions had no effect at all.
But the botanical garden insisted again and again, offering compensation and experience, just hoping that Gu Wang would allow them to visit the botanical garden frequently, rather than just during the expo.
Gu Wang naturally agreed, since he was already open for business anyway.
He credited the compensation to the accounts of Xiaohuapo and the other two little ones, allowing them to buy what they liked.
The three little ones were sensible. After some discussion, they bought a smart phone for each ghost in the amusement park.
This was suggested by Fairy Boy Riding a Butterfly, who said that he had been curious about this thing ever since he started recording videos with his smartphone.
As for the organizers of the expo, they have been having a headache recently. The reason is simple: the amusement park is too small. Even if the plants are few but exquisite, how can they accommodate the visitors in such a small space?
You should know that although the Botanical Expo is not well-known to the public, the number of visitors during the event can reach tens of thousands a day. Adding to the original passenger flow of the amusement park, this small place can't accommodate it at all!
After knowing that Gu Wang also wanted to expand the scale, they volunteered to help contact the owner of the vacant land in the south.
After all, the organizer has an official background and belongs to the same system. They sent news to Gu Wang within a few days.
But it wasn't good news. The other party said they had found the owner, the Zhuo family, a well-known wealthy businessman from Fuyu Province, but they had no intention of selling the land. It was said that the land had no connection to the Zhuo family's ancestral tomb, so they wouldn't sell it.
Gu Wang thought to himself, isn’t this just walking into my trap?
He walked to the open space, but no matter how he looked at it, this piece of land could not have anything to do with the tomb.
This piece of land is only suitable for living, or building a factory, but not for ancestral tombs. If someone is buried here, the yin energy will disperse instead of condensing, which will cause unrest in the family home and discord among family members for future generations.
Did the Zhuo family get fooled by a scammer, or is this just an excuse?
Just as I was thinking about it, the phone suddenly rang.
It was Tong Qianqian who called. As soon as she picked up the phone, she said, "Director, I heard you want to buy the Zhuo family's land?"
Gu Wang was surprised, "Are you so well-informed?"
Tong Qianqian: "Hey, our circle is very small. Besides, the Zhuo family and my family are related. One of my cousins married into their family."
Gu Wang understood and asked, "I heard they don't want to sell this land?"
Tong Qianqian blurted out the news, "It's not that they don't want to sell it, it's just that their family can't take care of it right now."
"I don't know what's happened to the Zhuo family in recent years. They've been having serious problems. For example, my cousin had a child before, but it died accidentally. They even hired someone to look at the ancestral tomb, and they said there was something wrong with it. That's why they bought that piece of land, saying they were going to move the tomb."
"But it is said that the day before the grave was moved, Zhuo Rui, oh, that's my cousin's lover, the current head of the Zhuo family, suddenly had a dream saying that the grave couldn't be moved, so the ground was not broken."
Gu Wang: "Are you saying that their family had an accident first and then bought this piece of land?"
Tong Qianqian affirmed: "That's right, when we bought the land, my cousin even consulted my dad!"
Gu Wang thought for a moment and asked, "Can you let me meet the Zhuo family? I suspect his family's affairs are not that simple."
He had seen problems with ancestral tombs before, often resulting in a decline in family fortune, but no miscarriage. What ancestor was so cruel as to leave his descendants without a single child?
Tong Qianqian simply said, "No problem, I'll tell my dad."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Wang walked around the wasteland again.
The Zhuo family has never been here since they bought this land, so there is little connection between this land and the Zhuo family, and it is almost impossible to see anything.
But with Gu Wang's keen perception, he still sensed a very subtle aura, which was why he judged that this matter was not simple.
Tong Qianqian acted quickly. The next day, the Zhuo family's car stopped at the entrance of the amusement park, saying that they wanted to invite Master Gu to take a look.
Gu Wang guessed that it was probably what Tong Qianqian said, but this was exactly what he wanted, so he got in the car and went all the way to Zhuo's house.
The Zhuo family's business is in the provincial capital, but Yaoguang City is their hometown and they have an old house here.
It was also because their family had recently been living in Yaoguang City, so the Tong family said that there was an expert in Yaoguang who might be able to solve their family's problems, so they were willing to meet him.
In the luxurious villa, Zhuo's father and mother, as well as Zhuo Rui and Tong Ru, were all there. The four of them changed into clothes for meeting guests and waited for Gu Wang's arrival.
There was also a young girl next to her, dressed no worse than Tong Ru, who consoled her, "Don't worry, Master and Madam. Since this expert was recommended by Miss Tong Qianqian, he must have extraordinary qualities."
Mrs. Zhuo smiled bitterly. "We've met so many experts. We even invited two experts from Kyoto, but they couldn't see any problems. I'm old and not afraid of anything, but what about Ruru and Xiaorui?"
Tong Ru advised, "Don't worry, Mom. Since we moved to the old house, isn't it much quieter? At worst, we can just live in Yaoguang, and A Rui and I will go there more often."
Zhuo Rui also agreed and hugged his wife to comfort her silently.
The family members comforted each other and seemed to have a good relationship.
This was the scene that Gu Wang saw when he walked in.
The Zhuo family was also surprised to see Gu Wang. Although the Tong family said that this expert was relatively young and asked them not to underestimate him, he was still too young. He looked like he hadn't even graduated from college...
Zhuo Rui came to his senses first and walked forward with a smile to introduce Gu Wang.
Gu Wang scanned their faces one by one, looked at the young girl and asked, "Who is this?"
The girl smiled, her face very pretty. "Hello, Master Gu. My name is Chen Xueer, and I'm the nanny of the Zhuo family."
Gu Wang nodded and said casually, "I thought she was a young lady from some family."
The girl's smile froze and she slowly lowered her head, making it impossible for anyone to see her expression.
Gu Wang didn't care. He followed Zhuo Rui to sit down, then looked at Zhuo's father and asked, "Is Master Zhuo feeling unwell today?"
Zhuo's father coughed lightly a few times and said kindly, "I did feel some discomfort in my throat when I woke up this morning. It's probably because I caught a cold last night while sleeping. I'm old and not very useful anymore."
Zhuo's mother looked at him quickly, "Is it serious? Is it serious? Why didn't you tell me earlier!" She hurriedly asked the maid to make a pear paste to clear the lungs.
Zhuo Rui noticed that Gu Wang looked unusual, and asked hurriedly, "Master, is there something wrong with my father's health?"
Gu Wang didn't answer, but asked him, "Do you have any wine at home? I want strong wine, the stronger the better."
Zhuo Rui quickly asked someone to open the wine cellar and get some wine. After a while, he brought out a small bottle of Shao Daozi, which was over 60% alcohol, and asked, "Is this okay?"
Gu Wang checked it and nodded, "Okay, it's enough."
Then, he found a porcelain bowl, melted a line of talisman ash on the bottom of the bowl, and poured half a bowl of burning knife into it.
Finally, he brought it to Zhuo's father and said, "Drink it in one breath. Don't vomit, no matter how painful it is, don't vomit, understand?"
Zhuo's father was still wondering, he just quit drinking now because he is old, but he used to have a good alcohol tolerance, so why would it hurt when he drinks?
However, when he picked up the wine bowl, he realized something was wrong. Although there was a mellow aroma of wine, when he put it in his mouth, he felt a pain in his throat, as if sandpaper was rubbing against his throat.
Zhuo's father could feel the bloody smell rising from his throat, and he could even imagine his esophagus being rubbed into a bloody mess. What would it feel like to drink a bowl of strong liquor in this state? It would definitely be painful, right?
However, just as he was about to give up, he heard Gu Wang say coldly, "Drink! If you don't drink, you'll never have peace in your family for the rest of your life!"
Father Zhuo also knew that something was wrong with him. Who would get a sore throat when they smelled alcohol? He gritted his teeth and drank a bowl of wine!
It hurts! My throat hurts like it's on fire!
And it felt like something was moving in my throat!
He pinched his neck desperately but couldn't say a word. That thing...that thing was coming out!
The Zhuo family was shocked, but they didn't know what to do. Zhuo Rui supported his father and asked, "Master Gu, what happened?"
Gu Wang carefully observed Zhuo's father's condition and noticed that his throat moved. He immediately threw out a talisman and warned, "Get out of the way! It's coming out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuo's father lowered his head, screamed, and spat out a palm-sized millipede along with the wine!
The paper talisman struck the millipede. The blood-tinged insect writhed in the wine for a moment before finally losing its life. However, its abdomen moved, as if something was about to burst out...
The next second, the millipede's body was broken, and countless insects poured out of the corpse, covering the entire floor of the room like a carpet, and still spreading outward!
The maids screamed in fear, and Zhuo's mother trembled with fear. However, Tong Ru managed to remain calm and ordered the bodyguards: "Quick! Go get some water from the well!"
Gu Wang stopped the insect in the room and was about to make a gesture to kill it, but he saw a bodyguard bringing a large jar and pouring the water in it on the insect.
The lively insects turned into ashes as soon as they came into contact with water.
Soon, half of the bugs in the room were eliminated, and only half of the bugs were left.
Gu Wang quickly used his fingers to kill the remaining insects, then looked up at the well in the yard.
At the mouth of the well, gusts of dark smoke-like evil energy were coming out.
Gu Wang sighed. It seemed that the situation of the Zhuo family was more complicated than he thought.
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